{"id":70750,"date":"2017-11-13T15:52:25","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T01:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=70750"},"modified":"2020-03-05T15:15:16","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T01:15:16","slug":"uh-west-oahu-awarded-gear-up-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/13\/uh-west-oahu-awarded-gear-up-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> West O\u02bbahu awarded $2.7 million GEAR UP Wai\u02bbanae Coast grant"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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The U.S. Department of Education<\/a> recently awarded the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>–West Oʻahu<\/span><\/a> a $2.7 million federal GEAR UP<\/abbr><\/a> partnership grant that will help more than 500 students prepare for and succeed in postsecondary education in the Waiʻanae<\/span> Coast area. The grant is the college’s second consecutive, multi-year GEAR UP<\/abbr> partnership grant award.<\/p>\n

GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs), is a federally-funded grant program that is one of the largest and most effective programs focused on increasing the college and career readiness of low-income and underserved students in communities nationwide.<\/p>\n

The seven-year grant supports a collaborative effort of public institutions and community partners that will provide academic readiness and college access services to students in participating schools on the Waiʻanae<\/span> Coast. Students will receive tutoring, career guidance, comprehensive college advising, financial literacy, dual-credit course opportunities and mentoring from the seventh grade through their first year of college. Services are anticipated to begin in spring 2018 for the Class of 2023 cohort.<\/p>\n

UH<\/abbr> West Oʻahu<\/span> previously obtained a GEAR UP<\/abbr> grant in 2011 named Holomua: GEAR UP<\/abbr><\/a> on the Leeward Coast, to increase the number of students from the economically depressed Waiʻanae<\/span> Coast who will be prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education. The Holomua: GEAR UP<\/abbr> grant helped provide service to more than 600 students from N\u0101n\u0101kuli High and Intermediate School, Waiʻanae<\/span> Intermediate, and Waiʻanae<\/span> High School. Its results included:<\/p>\n